Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Prince Set To Perform On 'Saturday Night Live' On Nov. 1, With Comedian Chris Rock As Host

Chris Rock as Prince

Music icon Princereturns to the SNL stage on November 1st marking his third time as musical guest. The evening also marks former SNL cast member Chris Rock's return as host.

The November
1st performance promises to be one for the record books and will feature
his band, 3RDEYEGIRL (Guitarist Donna Grantis, drummer Hannah Ford
Welton and bassist Ida Nielsen).

This is the first television performance from Prince since the release of his two chart-topping albums, ART OFFICIALAGEand PLECTRUMELECTRUM, on September 30th. ART OFFICIAL AGE, Prince's solo album, bowed in at #1 on Billboard's R&B Chart while PLECTRUMELECTRUM, featuring Prince's new band 3RDEYEGIRL, debuted at #1 on
the Rock Chart, making Prince the first artist in over a decade
to debut two albums in the Top 10 at the same time. The New York Times
declared, "Prince at his best doesn't just collect and recreate genres;
he smashes them together."

2014 has been one
of the most exciting years yet for the prodigious musical talent. The
two new studio albums marked a historic return to Warner Bros. Records, Prince's original label home. The renewed partnership came after the announcement that Warner Bros. Records returned
to Prince the master recordings of his pioneering '80s albums,
including Dirty Mind, 1999, Purple Rain and Sign 'O' the Times. In
April, NPG Music Publishing was launched, marking the first time
Prince's vast publishing catalog has been independently controlled and
administered in over twenty years. In the live arena, together with
3RDEYEGIRL, Prince rocked UK and European audiences into a frenzy with
his sell-out 'Hit & Run' tours, generating some of the
most significant critical acclaim of his career. The Guardian declared,
"These are performances by one of the greatest funk-rock bands ever."
All of this in addition to headlining and curating the Essence Festivalon July 4th in New Orleans and a much talked about appearance on hit TV show 'New Girl'. 2014
has underlined that Prince continues to innovate and surprise,
thrilling his fans and welcoming a whole new audience in the process.